Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

अनेन विधिना कर्णो भास्करार्घ्यं प्रयच्छति । ततः सूर्यस्य पार्थासावात्मवद्वल्लभो मतः

Transliteration

anena vidhinā karṇo bhāskarārghyaṃ prayacchati | tataḥ sūryasya pārthāsāvātmavadvallabho mataḥ

Translation

ด้วยวิธีนี้เอง กรรณะถวายอรฆยะแด่ภาสกร; เพราะฉะนั้นโอรสแห่งปฤถาองค์นั้นจึงเป็นที่รักยิ่งของพระสุริยะ ประหนึ่งรักดุจตนเอง

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (instrumental singular: ‘by/with this’)

• विधिना: by the prescribed method
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (instrumental: ‘by the method/rite’)

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• भास्कर-अर्घ्यम्: the arghya-offering to the Sun
• भास्कर-अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भास्करस्य अर्घ्यम्)

• प्रयच्छति: offers / gives
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अव्यय-प्रकारः: क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb: ‘then/thereupon’)

• सूर्यस्य: of the Sun
• सूर्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (genitive: ‘of the Sun’)

• पार्थ: O son of Pṛthā
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• असौ: he/that one
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (demonstrative: ‘that/he’)

• आत्मवत्-वल्लभः: dear as one’s own self
• आत्मवत्-वल्लभः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + वल्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (आत्मवत् इव वल्लभः)

• मतः: is considered
• मतः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन् (धातु) → मत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययः), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (considered)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhaṭṭāditya-sthāna (as implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Karṇa stands facing the rising sun at a tīrtha/temple basin, hands in añjali holding water, rays descending as a visible sign of Sūrya’s affection; attendants and a kuṇḍa nearby indicate ritual procedure.

Characters & Entities

• Karṇa
• Bhāskara
• Sūrya
• Pṛthā (Kuntī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right practice (vidhi) joined with devotion makes the deity’s grace tangible; exemplary figures like Karṇa model this discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse highlights a devotional model (Karṇa’s Sūrya-upāsanā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer Bhāskara-arghya according to the stated procedure; it is presented as Karṇa’s established practice.